1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Neural Communication Nervous System Lower Brain System Cerebral Cortex Miscellaneous

2. Neural Communication - 100 What is the branch of psychology that deals with the relationship between biology and behavior?

3. Answer: Biological Psychology (Also behavioral neuroscience, neuropsychology, behavior genetics, physiological psychologists, and biopsychologists)

4. Neural Communication - 200 What is the electrical charge or impulse that travels down the axon called?

5. Answer: Action Potential

6. Neural Communication - 300 What are the opiate-like neurotransmitters linked to pain control and pleasure?

7. Answer: Endorphins

8. Neural Communication - 400 What is the layer of fatty tissue that covers the axon and helps speed neural impulses?

9. Answer: Myelin Sheath

10. Neural Communication - 500 What is the neurotransmitter that triggers muscle contraction and has a vital role in learning and memory?

11. Answer: Acetylcholine

12. Nervous System - 100 What is an automatic, inborn response to a sensory stimulus?

13. Answer: A Reflex

15. Answer: The Central Nervous System

16. Nervous System - 300 What is a neural network?

17. Answer: A cluster of neurons that work together to perform functions faster and more efficiently

18. Nervous System - 400 Which part of the autonomic nervous system calms the body in stressful situations?

19. Answer: The Parasympathetic Nervous System

20. Nervous System - 500 Name the 2 components of the peripheral nervous system and their functions

21. Answer: The somatic nervous system controls voluntary movement of the body’s skeletal muscles. The autonomic nervous system controls the glands and muscles of internal organs.

22. Lower brain structures - 100 What part of the brainstem controls heartbeat and breathing?

23. Answer: The Medulla

24. Lower brain structures - 200 Also called the “little brain”, what part of the brain coordinates voluntary movement and balance, and is also involved in implicit memory?

25. Answer: The Cerebellum

26. Lower brain structures - 300 The brain’s sensory switchboard is called what?

27. Answer: The Thalamus

28. What brain structure is the straight black arrow in the picture located directly above pointing to?

29. Answer: The Hippocampus

30. Lower brain structures - 500 Name four functions of the Hypothalamus

31. Answer: Regulating body temperature, eating, drinking, emotions, endocrine system, sex drive

32. Cerebral Cortex - 100 Which lobe is associated with hearing and auditory processing?

33. Answer: The Temporal Lobe

34. Cerebral Cortex - 200 What are the cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect the neurons?

35. Answer: Glial Cells

36. What lobe is the straight black arrow pointing to and what are the functions of this area?

37. Answer: Parietal Lobe, mathematical and spatial reasoning

39. Answer: Broca’s area is associated with language expression and the muscles involved in speech and goes back to the motor cortex to form words. The Wernicke’s area is involved in language reception and comprehension.

40. Cerebral Cortex - 500 What is the function of the Corpus Callosum?

41. Answer: It is a large band of fibers that connects the two brain hemispheres together and carries messages between them

43. Answer: A Lesion

44. Miscellaneous - 200 Which scan takes a series of x-rays at different angles and combines them to form a composite photograph?

45. Answer: A CT or CAT Scan

46. Miscellaneous - 300 The brain’s capacity for modification, adaptability, and reorganization is called what?

47. Answer: Plasticity

48. Miscellaneous - 400 What are chemical messengers, mostly those manufactured by the endocrine glands, that are produced in one tissue and affect another?

49. Answer: Hormones

50. Miscellaneous - 500 What is impairment of language caused by left hemisphere damage to either the Broca’s area or the Wernicke’s area called?

51. Answer: Aphasia